Long time ago I did send them a mail about this during the time of Absolute 3 but. I also got a reaction back that they did not change a thing about the upgrade, update policy. I was hoping they will change their mind now more people have the same issue

I was under the impression that I was at the Steinberg forum and Steinberg employees could also chime in here.

Given your starting point was presumption and accusation, why would anyone from Steinberg respond? They are people too, doing an honest job and producing a great product.

I suggest pre-sales section or a support ticket, and a genuine question. This is a community forum not a formal steinberg sales channel so they don’t respond to everything in this section fo the forum.

Suggest what you think is a fair price, you never know they might just do a deal for you.

NI Komplete works the same way! There are a couple of individual items you can upgrade from but they don't have upgrade paths from "incomplete" sets of multiple included products. Steinberg has Crossgrades from HALion, HALion Sonic, and Groove Agent. NI has crossgrades from Kontakt, the Orchestral set, one other thing, I think.

Given your starting point was presumption and accusation, why would anyone from Steinberg respond? They are people too, doing an honest job and producing a great product.

My comment is directed to the Steinberg company/brand and the sales strategy with these products discussed here. Please don't twist my words as if I attack individuals or am complaining about the overall quality of products.

My comment is directed to the Steinberg company/brand and the sales strategy with these products discussed here. Please don't twist my words as if I attack individuals or am complaining about the overall quality of products.

So Steinberg the company has a "finger"?

I will leave you to your excuses and rudeness. I am not surprised you haven't received a reply.

My comment is directed to the Steinberg company/brand and the sales strategy with these products discussed here. Please don't twist my words as if I attack individuals or am complaining about the overall quality of products.

I will leave you to your excuses and rudeness. I am not surprised you haven't received a reply.

First you twist my words, than you childishly take a figure of speech literally instead of replying on the fact I don't attack individuals, but attack a business decision regarding price structure across the same products sold in a different package. Finally you close with a personal attack saying I'm being rude and making up excuses. I sincerely wonder what you are trying to achieve with that behavior?

Maybe stay on topic and tell us why you think it's good/bad that two types of users (single version users and Absolute users) using the same products pay a different price?